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“It is wonderful that there is an awakening from citizens," said the actress on France Inter radio. "But the task is so big that people are in a state of shock. This is why governments which we elected, need to set the example (...) We cannot ask people to change their consumption habits if we don’t help them. We cannot ask farmers to transition to organic farming if we don’t support them.”

Failure to honour climate commitments

In December 2015, France hosted the COP 21 climate conference, setting itself up as a champion of the environment.

Under its lead, countries agreed to sign the Paris Agreement, promising to block the rise in Earth's surface temperature at "well below" 2 degrees compared to pre-industrial levels.

To reach that target, France itself promised to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030. But the country is nowhere near fulfilling its pledge.

On the contrary, carbon emissions have gone up in 2016 and 2017, according to the ministry for energy transition.

NGOs have given the French government two months to reply to the petition.

"If in two month we don't have an answer from the French government, or if we are not satisfied by the answer, then we can go to the administrative court to ask judges to order it to do more to tackle climate change," Jean-François Julliard, executive director of Greenpeace France, told RFI.